25
[Smile...exhale of contentment...happy reflections...]
I'm not sure I can accurately express how blessed I am and how blessed I feel right now. And this last weekend was a large contribution to that blessing. For my birthday, I have experienced the gifts of love and friendship and worship and identity. It has truly been the best birthday I can recall. Birthday 25...
Friday I enjoyed lunch at Que Pasa in the company of Hackey and Jess - two wonderful ladies. There's nothing like "girl talk" that brings one closer to their friends. I've always appreciated how we can get together and enjoy raw conversation that does NOT include bashing our husbands, gossiping about this or that, and other trivial things. It's really an honest joy to dive deeper into my new friendships and experience growth in even just an hour's conversation.
Saturday morning was spent up in the hills at Mystic Mountain (I think that's the actual location, though it's also known as Terry Peak/Deer Mountain in Lead, SD.) We went snow tubing in the freezing cold with Kristen and Dylan. They're so much fun to be with. We had a blast!!
Jeff and I (left) Dylan, Jeff, and Amy on the lift. (right)
I was asked to serve with the worship band for the weekend services so Saturday night was spent mostly at church. Apart from the TelePrompter not working, which had us struggling lyrically, and my pack flying off my pants while we were all grooving on stage it was a great way to end the day. Ok - if I'm being honest, I was actually really irritated when that pack fell off. BUT I decided if that was the worst part of my day then everything really was alright. I just chose a more secure point Sunday and had duct tape as a back up if necessary...I just can't NOT dance around when the music is so moving!
This brings us to Sunday, March 2nd, birthday 25. I was up bright and early to meet for rehearsal and thankfully the TelePrompter worked. I think we were all a little more at ease. Technology...it's a bugger sometimes. Anyway, both morning services were just really fun and captivating at the same time. Worship really can be both, ya know... Joel picked some great songs and I fell in love with Be Thou My Vision by Ascend The Hill. As cold as it was this weekend, that song just melts my heart every time.
I don't normally wright about singing because I fear I'll give off this "I'm a rock star" demeanor. However, I will say that I have deeply enjoyed getting back into music. I'm so thankful that Jeff is supportive in me doing what I feel The Lord is calling me to be a part of. He has been a huge motivator Usually, I sing with the band on Friday nights at Celebrate Recovery, or CR for short. So to sing during the weekend services was an unexpected but welcomed switch up. It's such a privilege to be a part of the FSCC family and worship team. It's like I told them, if someone had told me a year ago this is what I'd be involved in, I would've dismissed them as overly optimistic about me. So to have the opportunity to be a part of that on my birthday (first thing in the morning) definitely had me smiling from the inside out! There's a great sense of team work on stage as well as community and family when the services begin, it's like nothing I've ever experienced before.
And from such events awesome things continue to happen and awesome people keep making their way into my life. Perhaps some only for a short time and perhaps others will stick around for a lot longer. Hopefully the latter!
Sunday night was topped of with many jokes and laughs as we played games for "Game Night". Granted, the jokes went south after a while but sometimes there really isn't any other direction to go once it reaches a certain level. Probably best we stopped when we did ;) My cheeks hurt from laughing so hard a couple times!
To ALL of you who were a part of my birthday in ANY capacity, I say thank you! Thank you for helping make it special (even if you didn't know you did)! Thank you for the many FB posts and well wishes! Thank you for who you are to me and for how you live and love! I love you, too!!
I must end on a special thank you to my hubby! So much of this birthday is wonderful because I get to share it all with him!
I'm not sure I can accurately express how blessed I am and how blessed I feel right now. And this last weekend was a large contribution to that blessing. For my birthday, I have experienced the gifts of love and friendship and worship and identity. It has truly been the best birthday I can recall. Birthday 25...
Friday I enjoyed lunch at Que Pasa in the company of Hackey and Jess - two wonderful ladies. There's nothing like "girl talk" that brings one closer to their friends. I've always appreciated how we can get together and enjoy raw conversation that does NOT include bashing our husbands, gossiping about this or that, and other trivial things. It's really an honest joy to dive deeper into my new friendships and experience growth in even just an hour's conversation.
Saturday morning was spent up in the hills at Mystic Mountain (I think that's the actual location, though it's also known as Terry Peak/Deer Mountain in Lead, SD.) We went snow tubing in the freezing cold with Kristen and Dylan. They're so much fun to be with. We had a blast!!
Jeff and I (left) Dylan, Jeff, and Amy on the lift. (right)
Fortunately, there was no wind factor up there. Believe me, that was helpful! We went down the slides as a group, had races, and every minute was worth it! Of course, we'd walk inside the lodge every so often to thaw out a bit and then went back out for more! ;) Snow tubing is a must do attraction for sure. They also have night tubing - that sounds fun and interesting! We had lunch at Lotus Up Espresso and Deli. They had good soup!Thumbs up down the hill!
I was asked to serve with the worship band for the weekend services so Saturday night was spent mostly at church. Apart from the TelePrompter not working, which had us struggling lyrically, and my pack flying off my pants while we were all grooving on stage it was a great way to end the day. Ok - if I'm being honest, I was actually really irritated when that pack fell off. BUT I decided if that was the worst part of my day then everything really was alright. I just chose a more secure point Sunday and had duct tape as a back up if necessary...I just can't NOT dance around when the music is so moving!
This brings us to Sunday, March 2nd, birthday 25. I was up bright and early to meet for rehearsal and thankfully the TelePrompter worked. I think we were all a little more at ease. Technology...it's a bugger sometimes. Anyway, both morning services were just really fun and captivating at the same time. Worship really can be both, ya know... Joel picked some great songs and I fell in love with Be Thou My Vision by Ascend The Hill. As cold as it was this weekend, that song just melts my heart every time.
I don't normally wright about singing because I fear I'll give off this "I'm a rock star" demeanor. However, I will say that I have deeply enjoyed getting back into music. I'm so thankful that Jeff is supportive in me doing what I feel The Lord is calling me to be a part of. He has been a huge motivator Usually, I sing with the band on Friday nights at Celebrate Recovery, or CR for short. So to sing during the weekend services was an unexpected but welcomed switch up. It's such a privilege to be a part of the FSCC family and worship team. It's like I told them, if someone had told me a year ago this is what I'd be involved in, I would've dismissed them as overly optimistic about me. So to have the opportunity to be a part of that on my birthday (first thing in the morning) definitely had me smiling from the inside out! There's a great sense of team work on stage as well as community and family when the services begin, it's like nothing I've ever experienced before.
Photo taken by Ashton Gardner
Sunday night was topped of with many jokes and laughs as we played games for "Game Night". Granted, the jokes went south after a while but sometimes there really isn't any other direction to go once it reaches a certain level. Probably best we stopped when we did ;) My cheeks hurt from laughing so hard a couple times!
From left to right: John, Jess, Kristen, Amy, Dylan, and Jeff (taking the photo).
My co-workers surprised with a cookie cake (above) and a card (below) this morning!! They know me well...
The hubs insisted I have a birthday cake Sunday night...
"Happy Birthday
1/4 of a Century"
To ALL of you who were a part of my birthday in ANY capacity, I say thank you! Thank you for helping make it special (even if you didn't know you did)! Thank you for the many FB posts and well wishes! Thank you for who you are to me and for how you live and love! I love you, too!!
I must end on a special thank you to my hubby! So much of this birthday is wonderful because I get to share it all with him!
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